(07-08-2016, 01:27 AM)Galen Wrote: I believe it was Lenin that said "The goal of socialism is communism".The terms "socialist" and "communist" are jargon in the sense Lenin was using them. They do not have the same meaning to non-Marxists.
For me, communism is a brand, like Kleenex, whereas socialism is a generic term like facial tissue. Marx and Lenin wanted people to believe that their Communism was the best kind of socialism, or even that it was the only kind possible.
Some types of socialism are perfectly compatible with free enterprise and a market economy. Communism is not.
How do you define the two?